A new TV program from the International Labour Organization
Our Workplace is a new web-based television program produced by the International Labour Organization’s Department of Communication featuring prominent figures in the world of work. In conversation with Zohreh Tabatabai, the ILO’s Director of Communication, the program illuminates the personalities behind the podiums and the policies, as well as the people in the field who are making a difference in improving our life at work.
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Our Workplace: The Food Crisis - A Question of Priorities - 
18 August 2008 - The Right Honourable Mr Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, shares his views with Zohreh Tabatabai on efforts to tackle the food crisis, Lesotho's "Know your Status" campaign to help combat HIV/AIDS, and the challenges for youth employment in his country.
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Our Workplace: France, Decent Work and Globalization -
04 August 2008 - Xavier Bertrand, Minister of Labour in France and Zohreh Tabatabai met during the 97th International Labour conference to discuss decent work, globalization and the importance of a strong relationship between the ILO and France. (in French)
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Our Workplace: Women and entrepreneurship -
22 July 2008 - "Women have a different management style from men," says Ronnie L. Goldberg, Executive Vice President of the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) in a discussion with Zohreh Tabatabai about entrepreneurship and empowerment of women. "Women are more collaborative, less confrontational - we bring a different perspective and set of values to the workplace."
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Our Workplace: Situation of Workers in Occupied Arab Territories -
03 June 2008 - Zohreh Tabatabai and Philippe Egger discuss the ILO's annual report on the situation of workers of the Occupied Arab Territories. Mr. Egger, who recently returned from a mission to the region, describes an area under "economic siege" and a "shrinking economic space" where 40 per cent of Palestinians live below the poverty line.
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Our Workplace: Sharing best practices and education key to empowering women -
15 May 2008 - "Women are economic engines of change", says Charlotte Ponticelli, deputy undersecretary for international affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor's International Labor Affairs Bureau, in a discussion with Zohreh Tabatabai. Her view is clear: to make this change happen, women crucially need to start their lives with a good education. ...
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Our Workplace: Investing in Women with Michaela Walsh -
03 April 2008 - An international panel of women bankers & entrepreneurs discussed the value of investing in women at the ILO's International Women's Day event on March 8th, 2008. Zohreh Tabatabai, caught up with one of those participants, Michaela Walsh, to discuss her experience as founding President of Women's World Banking (WWB). ...
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Our Workplace: What is the role of employers' organizations in the global economy? Interview with Daniel Funes de Rioja, Vice President of the IOE -
27 September 2007 - Daniel Funes de Rioja, Vice President of the International Organization of Employers, talks to Zohreh Tabatabai about what employers are doing to encourage dialogue with workers and governments in support of Decent Work.
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Our Workplace: Decent work is part of the human rights challenge of our times, says South African labour leader -
03 August 2007 - His mother’s experience as a garment worker had a decisive impact on Ebrahim Patel. Today he is General Secretary of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU). ...
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Our Workplace: Skills training and stability vital to economic future of Jordan and the Middle East -
16 July 2007 - Zohreh Tabatabai talks to Jordan’s Minister of Labour, Bassem Khalil Al-Salem, about what his country is doing to increase employment opportunities for Jordanians and promote greater stability in the region. As he explains on the latest edition of Our Workplace, "We don't see any situation in our neighbouring area as a competition to us... ...
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Our Workplace: Employment Crucial to Liberia's recovery, says Liberian Labour Minister -
21 June 2007 - In this edition of Our Workplace, ILO Communications Director Zohreh Tabatabai meets with Samuel Woods, human rights lawyer and Minister of Labour in Liberia. When fourteen years of conflict came to an end in 2003, 85 per cent of the country's working people were unemployed or underemployed. A self-described "incurable optimist", Mr. ...
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Our Workplace: Interview with the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller -
15 June 2007 - Portia Simpson Miller is the first woman Prime Minister of Jamaica. Zohreh Tabatabai talks to the former Labour Minister, a familiar face at past International Labour Conferences, about the challenges of protecting her country from a "human tsunami of frustration" and the inspiration she draws from being Jamaican.
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Our Workplace: Why do we work so much? ILO expert Jon Messenger talks about working time around the world -
08 June 2007 - Nearly a century after adopting its first international standard on working time, a new study by the International Labour Organization estimates that one in five workers around the world or over 600 million persons work more than 48 hours per week, often merely to make ends meet. ILO expert Jon Messenger tells us why some of us may be working too much.
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Our Workplace: A reality check on workers' rights and employment challenges in the Middle East -
01 June 2007 - Veteran Middle East diplomat Nada al Nashif was recently appointed ILO Regional Director for the Arab States. Zohreh Tabatabai talks to her about misconceptions about the region, employment challenges for Arab youth, surviving the 2003 bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad and her hope for the future of the Middle East.
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